Twenty Years Of Experiences In Computer Modeling Of Thermodynamic Cycles

Frank Wicks
2003 Annual Conference Proceedings   unpublished
What we are told we easily forget, but the things we do we understand! Engineering education works best when the students are not overly subjected to listening, but have ample opportunity to do. Computer use in education provides a more subtle example of this principle. Students, like current engineers in industry, now run a variety of commercial application software to perform various calculations and simulations. The danger is that too often they do not understand the underlying principles, mathematical modeling and assumptions.
doi:10.18260/1-2--11798 fatcat:lrxjlc4ld5cibfn2fj3t5klyuu